Chesapeake dentist faces judge on felony charges

Chesapeake, Va. – Felony charges against Chesapeake dentist Derrick Broadaway for writing bad checks to former employees were certified to a grand jury this afternoon.

“It has been stressful,” said former Broadaway Dentistry business manager Andrea Ross, who contacted NewsChannel 3 after she and several others quit when their checks kept bouncing. By the middle of November, Chesapeake police charged Broadaway with four counts of felony bad checks.

During the preliminary hearing in Chesapeake General District Court, the former employees showed the judge the bounced checks. Broadaway’s attorney argued that there’s no proof the dentist actually signed the checks, but the judge said the evidence presented in court Monday met a burden of proof for the case to move forward.

This isn’t Broadaway’s only black eye. NewsChannel 3’s digging also uncovered his decade long history of violations with the Virginia Board of Dentistry.